But it was a different story at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with two goals in four minutes late in the first half from Mikey Moore and Dominic Solanke leaving the hosts in command. Savio scored on his Tottenham debut and was then challenged by manager Roberto De Zerbi to hit double figures for the season as Spurs advanced to a third-round League Cup tie with Liverpool following a comfortable 5-1 win over Charlton on Wednesday. Spurs, four-times winners of the League Cup, started their Premier League season with a humiliating 3-0 loss away to Brentford last weekend.
Barely three minutes later the player formerly known as Savinho paved the way for his side’s fifth goal when his shot deflected in off Spurs captain Ben Davies’s thigh. Because we need 10 or 12 goals from the wingers, “I spoke with him and we put the goal on 10 or 12 goals (target). Because also the number of goals were not enough to compete for nothing more than that (17th) position, “Last season we suffered too much.
Elsewhere, Harvey Barnes scored twice against his old club on Wednesday as Newcastle edged Championship side West Brom 3-2. In Wednesday’s other League Cup tie, third-tier leaders Bradford beat Burnley, also relegated from the Premier League last season, 4-2 on penalties following a goalless draw, with no extra time at this stage of the competition.
